February 1, 2025

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Horticulture/Viticulture

Featured stories about horticulture and viticulture — and more — in this issue.

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Vine-tuning vineyard forecasts

Stub cut considerations

Bad news bugs

The goal of automated viticulture is to tie sensors to AI-powered irrigation controls over a wireless communication network. The tools for this “feedback loop” are all commercially available, said Jake Schrader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but challenges stand in the way of adoption. (Courtesy Jake Schrader/U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Adoption hurdles for vineyard automation

South African growers forging their own trials

Making an estate winery work in northern Ohio

Picking a winning cherry system

Fruit growers facing a future climate now

Hansen: Supporting sustainability

Kayla Braich, a young grower from Kennewick, Washington

Frei: Forging ahead in 2025

Good Stuff, February 1, 2025

Closure of Sage Fruit sales desk triggers shake-up of Washington fruit volumes for 2025

The Asian giant hornet, a 2-inch-long honey bee predator, was found for the first time in the United States in Northwest Washington. State and federal officials are mounting an aggressive response plan. (Courtesy Washington State Department of Agriculture)

Northern giant hornet eradicated from U.S.